Lincoln Service Missouri River Runner or Missouri River Runner
The two routes share 10 stations, Kansas City, Independence, Lee'S Summit among them. The table lists what each shows and how long each takes; the route pages carry the full stretch tables.
Side by side
| Lincoln Service Missouri River Runner | Missouri River Runner | |
|---|---|---|
| Endpoints | Kansas City to Chicago Union Station | St. Louis to Kansas City |
| Duration, end to end | 11 h 20 m | 5 h 40 m |
| Frequency | Daily | Daily |
| Trains | 318 eastbound, 319 westbound | 311 westbound, 316 eastbound |
| Named stretches with a cited source | 9 | 3 |
| Shows | Big rivers, Big cities, Wildlife, Wine country | Big rivers, Wine country, Wildlife |
| Headline stretch | Missouri River bluffs at Jefferson City | Missouri River bluffs at Jefferson City |
| Headline stretch in daylight | eastbound: daylight, 12:12 p.m.; westbound: daylight Feb to Oct; dusk Nov to Jan, 5:10 p.m. | westbound: daylight, 10:10 a.m.; eastbound: daylight May to Jul; dusk Aug to Sep; dark Oct to Feb; dusk Mar to Apr, 7:34 p.m. |
Duration, frequency, and daylight are computed from the Amtrak GTFS timetable (fetched 2026-10-15) for the representative trip in each direction; daylight is the phrase for the headline stretch, the highlighted row of each route page. Named stretches are counted from the cited route guides. How these are computed.